How Allowed Is This

There is this website Freebiesbug made by a guy named Pasquale; he hand-picks free PSDs, code stuff, fonts and other resources for web designers. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great and all, but generally when you click the Download button you will notice that all the download links are direct download links to other servers like Dribbble, etc. In each post you can find a description with the name of the author and a link where the author can be found.

So, my question goes like this, is he allowed to post a direct download link from i.e. Dribbble on his website (like click on the button and instantly downloads)? The only thing he needs to do is mention the author?

I’m just curios, I’m not judging the guy or something like that. I’m just curios, how allowed are we in such cases. Sorry for my ignorance. Thank you!

Don’t tell me that posting a website with free PSDs is against GraphicRiver’s sellers in any way, but posting 1000 websites with free images it’s not against PhotoDune’s sellers… no, that’s allowed. Delete the thread or whatever, this is stupid. I was just looking for an honest answer in “Global Off Topic”...

I don’t think there’s any reason to get upset – one random user on the forums flagged your topic, it’s not like the community or Envato has condemned your post. I’m not sure what reason the user who flagged your topic had, but in general if you’re linking to a site that offers competing products to authors within these marketplaces, that is not allowed.

I think that Pricop already answered your question appropriately – this totally depends on the terms set forth by the creators of those works.

Hi Radu3329,
As Sevenspark has answered your question and as you now know, linking to a place that offers competing products is against the community guidelines, I’m going to remove the link from your post. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

Carmen said
Hi Radu3329,
As Sevenspark has answered your question and as you now know, linking to a place that offers competing products is against the community guidelines, I’m going to remove the link from your post. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have.

Carmen said
Hi Radu3329,
As Sevenspark has answered your question and as you now know, linking to a place that offers competing products is against the community guidelines, I’m going to remove the link from your post. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have.